Tag Archives: sex

Enhance Your Love Life: The Power of Post-Sex Communication

The shortened blog that meets the Psychology Today editors’ requirements is up now — check it out to see if you can spot the differences! This post offers tips for folks who want to become better lovers using post-sex communication.

Mastering Aftercare: Tips for Lasting Sexual Satisfaction

I blog for the Psychology Today website, and occasionally their editors ask me to edit what I have written to make it fit better with their site. The blog below is an example of that. The editors asked me to make the language less explicit and to focus on the psycholiogical aspects of post-sex communication,ContinueContinue reading “Mastering Aftercare: Tips for Lasting Sexual Satisfaction”

Explore Mixed Relationships: Workshop in Los Angeles January 11

Mixed Dynamic Relationships Workshop in Los Angeles Jan. 11 Are you in a relationship with someone who wants a different format than you do? One wants an exclusive relationship, and the other wants to be open to multiple partners? Both want multiple partners, but would prefer different kinds of openness? You share a craving forContinueContinue reading “Explore Mixed Relationships: Workshop in Los Angeles January 11”

Celebrate Positive Sexuality: Register for Free!

Please join me and the Center for Positive Sexuality for Positive Sexuality Day this coming Sunday August 31 from noon to 4 pm Pacific time. It is an online celebration offering free edutainment about ethics, research, therapy, pornography, publishing, forensic interviewing, and a trivia game with prizes! The schedule is live now and you canContinueContinue reading “Celebrate Positive Sexuality: Register for Free!”

Register Now for Positive Sexuality Day: Edutainment Awaits

https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/97bddfa3-da39-43b4-bbbc-2859963a33ac/events/vevt:4d98e47d-3ad9-494c-a1a3-673f4fc7cfc7/home/story Register for Positive Sexuality Day on August 31, a FREE afternoon of edutainment about cutting edge research on sexualities, ethics, publishing, pornography, and BDSM! https://positivesexuality.org/events/positive-sexuality-day-2025/

Breaking Free: Rejecting Purity Culture’s Impact

My newest blog on Psychology Today explores some of the reasons people leave purity culture behind, and some of the outcomes they experience when they reject Evangelical expectations. Shout out to Mx. Tessi Muskrat for their awesome research on this topic! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202507/rejecting-sexual-shame-from-purity-culture #Shame #gender #relationship #Religions #purityculture #personalgrowth #NewBeginnings #healing

Safe Practices in Rough Sex and BDSM Explained

In my newest blog on Psychology Today I explore the differences between rough sex and BDSM, and offer some tips about how to do both safely. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202506/what-is-the-difference-between-rough-sex-and-bdsm

How to Manage Sexual Regret? New Blog from Dr. Eli on Psychology Today

Dr. Eli’s newest blog on Psychology Today takes on the challenge of sexual regret when it was not a consent violation but you still feel weird about it.

Summer 2024 Webinars with Dr. Eli Sheff

Dr. Eli Sheff is presenting several workshops this summer online, such as distinguishing between consensual nonmonogamy and sex addiction for AASECT continuing education credits and parenting in polyamorous families, as well as several Bonding Hour interviews.